Our "Heart Hero" Harry

Harry learned that his chest pains in December 2009 were serious. His doctor quickly sent him to the RMH Heart and Vascular Center where a cardiac catheterization showed multiple blockages requiring double-bypass surgery.

Harry has a long history of diabetes. Now, add kidney failure to his health problems. It did not look good. Two months later, fluid was building in his chest and Harry coded. "If I had been anywhere else I would not be alive. The heart team at RMH did not stop. They did not give up...they saved my life."

Harry is fishing again and doing well. He and his wife Juanita have developed a personal relationship with their new 'RMH heart team family.'